RESEARCH In March 2015 the Department of Health and Kinesiology recruited men and women for a research study. Participants must be 50 years or older and have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and Peripheral Neuropathy. Principle investigator UT Tyler assistant professor Dr. Arturo Arce-Esquivel will lead the study, which involved participation in a
Dr. Benjamin Tseng, H&K Assistant Professor, is currently conducting a study to enhance Alzheimer’s disease research. He also oversees the university’s Laboratory of Brain Aging and Neuromotor Behavior.
Impairment, an early stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Tseng’s Alzheimer research featured on CBS Morning News and Tyler Morning Telegraph. Dr. Benjamin Tseng has been invited to join the new UT Tyler Memory Assessment Research Center (MARC) as an The Institute for Integrated Healthcare and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences are collaborating with UT Health Northeast on two project grants. Proposals are in progress for Evidence-Based Cancer Prevention projects targeting smoking prevention and cessation and HPV prevention. Dr. Jennifer Chilton is collaborating with Dr. Nora Montalvo-Liendo in Brownsville, Texas on a pilot study called The be conducted on December 4 in Brownsville.